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RICHARD l. BOONE, 0F KIRKERSVILLE, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application led January 19, 1917. Serial No. 143,321.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD P. BOONE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Kirkersville,` in the county of Licking and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Rack, ofy which the following is a specification.

My invention relatesparticularly to portble racks on which clothes may be :hung to The rincipal object of the invention is to genera y improve the construction and to increase the utility and efficiency of devices of this character. The particular nature of the improvements, together with their urposes and the advantages accruing rom their employment, will be fully described4 later herein.

The nature of the invention is such that it will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings and the follow ing description, but it must be understood that the drawings show and the description sets forth only that particular embodiment which I at present prefer, and that the details are subject to much modification without departing from the principles and novel features of the invention defined in the appended claim. In said drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation, showing by full lines a preferred embodiment of my invention as in use, andy showing by dotted lines the supporting-arms in folded position;

Fig. 2, a sectional detail of the supporting members and parts connected thereto;

Fig. 3, an enlarged plan view of the fixed bracket;

Fig. 4, a similar viewl of the sliding bracket;

Fig. 5, a perspective detail of the thimble;

Fig. 6, a perspective detail of the cap for the socket;

Fig. 7, a perspective detail of the connector; and

Fig. 8, a fragmental detail of one of the supporting-arms, showing the manner of en- Considering the drawings in detail, 2 indicates a tubular socket adapted to be inserted in a bed 3 of earth, cement, or the like, and 4 indicates a cap-like foot thread ed onto its lower end to prevent water ac-V cumulating therein.

5 represents a supporting standard, preferably tubular, seated on the foot 4, rotatable within the socket 2, and removable therefrom-- Suitably secured on its lower end, by welding, sweating, pressing, or otherwise, is a rain-excluding thimble 6 having an annular flange 7. 8 denotes a connector the upper end of whichts snugly but slidably and rotatably over the body of the thimble 6 and the lower end of which is threaded onto the upper end of the socket 2, whereby its internal annular shoulder 9 is drawn down tightly upon the thimble-flange 7, and as the latter is thus drawn down firmly upon the upper end of the socket, no rain or other liquid can run intov the upper end of the latter. In order to prevent liquids,'dirt, etc., entering the socket when the support 5 is removed I provide a screw-cap 10 which is secured by a loop 11 and chain 12 to the socket and which may be threaded thereonto.

13 (Figs. 1 and 4) denotes a slidingv bracket having a centrally arranged eye 14 from which project radially arranged bracketarms in pairs 15. A set-screw 16 passes transversely through an aperture in the eye and may be brought to bear against the support 5 to lock said bracket at a selective height thereon.

17 (Figs. 1 and 3) indicates stationary bracket rotatably mounted on the support 5 and seated on a collar 18 secured to said support as by a rivet 18. It comprises a centrally arranged eye 19 from which radiate bracket arms in pairs 20.

A cap 21, serving to prevent water or other matter from entering the support 5, is threaded onto its upper end.

Between each pair 15 of bracket-arms is pivoted the inner end of a line-supporting arm 22, as shown at 28, Figfl. Between each pair 2O of bracket-arms is pivoted one end of a link 24 the other end of which is pivoted at 25 to the corresponding arm 22.

In order that the lines 26, which are strung upon the arms 22, may be readily positioned and with equal facility be removed, I provide each arm with transversely arranged eyes 27 each of which communicates with an obliquely arranged slot 28. Each line is passed down through the proper slots, thence drawn into the communicating eyes, and its ends then secured.

It will be clear that when not in use the arms 22 and 24 may be folded to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, this being accomplished by loosening the set-screw 16 and sliding the bracket 13 downward on thesupport 5. Also it will be evident that operator' mayrotate the rack to bring the diHerent sides thereofwithin easy access, and it is but a step from a position midway .ofeither 'arm 22 to any line strung thereon.

A suitablel socket may be provided for use -a r.oorn,fand as the capacity of the several lines is veryI great relatively to theA square v feet .oifspace occupied thereby, a 'large washing may be accommodated in an ordinary sized room. `VVhen in the open, abreeze will cause the rack to rotate, whereby all lof lthe clothes will-at sometime be exposed to the direct action of the air currents and they will dry much more lrapidly than they would I if Vhung .on a stationary rack.v

vand rotatable in the socket, a thimble embracing the socket and having. Ian annular flange n'which rests on the upper end of the socket, kanda tubular connector having at its upper end an internally arranged flange which embraces the-standard and whichrests onvlt'he flange olf .the thimb'le, the lower p orl tionof the lcor-infectorl'being in threadedengagement with the upper portion of the socket, whereby the connector may draw theV- flangeofathe'.thimbletightly down upon the upper edge of the socke In testimony whereof I hereunto set my ark, county of Licking, State of Ohio.

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- opiesrof this patent may be .obtained iur vveeents nach, by ,addressingme fGommissioner [of Patents,

Washington, @ugly l hand fthis 8th dayo'January7 1917, at N ew- 

